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Textual Analysis of Three Texts Using Voyant
Mathew, Isabel Raut, Abhilasa Sreekanth, Harini Wight, Tristan Brady, Alex
Mathew, Isabel
Raut, Abhilasa
Sreekanth, Harini
Wight, Tristan
Brady, Alex
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This textual analysis explores how slavery, colonialism, decoloniality, and anti-colonial resistance are represented in the texts The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African by Olaudah Equiano, Heart of Darkness by Joseph Conrad, and Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe with the usage of the digital tool Voyant. Throughout this analysis, we find that the identity of the texts’ speaker, whether one of the colonizer or the colonized, significantly impacts how these topics are considered and represented. With the support of Voyant, it is clear that these findings not only exist at the levels of the narration and storyline but are also embedded within the very structure and the language used in each of these texts.
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2025-09-12
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University of Kansas
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Colonialism, Close reading, Distant reading, Digital textual analysis, Voyant Tools